General Requirements

A DVD drive for installation. If you need to install the software
using CD-ROM media, please contact your local COMSOL representative.

Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0 or later to view and print the COMSOL
documentation in PDF format.

The disk space needed varies with the size of the partition and the
optional installation of online help files. The COMSOL installer informs
you of hard-disk space requirements for a particular installation.

Recommendations

We recommend at least 1 GB of memory (RAM). The solutions of a few
examples in the Model Library require substantially more memory and a
64-bit platform. For guidance in selecting the proper hardware, please check
entry 866 in the Support Knowledge Base.

Floating Network Licenses

Floating network licenses are supported on heterogeneous networks of
Windows, Linux, Sun, and Mac computers. Both the license manager and the
COMSOL application can run on either Windows, Linux, Sun, or Mac, and a
single computer can run both of them. TCP/IP on all platforms when using
a license server.

COMSOL Multiphysics System Requirements for Microsoft Windows

Use Automatic Updates to keep your Windows system up to date.
You can access it and turn it on from the Control Panel.

COMSOL Multiphysics System Requirements for Mac

Parallel System Requirements

Optional Software Interfaces

MATLAB interface

Bidirectional Interface to SolidWorks

The Bidirectional Interface to SolidWorks has been tested with
SolidWorks 2006 SP5.1, SolidWorks 2007 SP5.0, and SolidWorks 2008 SP4.0.
Preliminary tests show compatibility with SolidWorks 2009.
It is available on all platforms supported both by these versions and
COMSOL Multiphysics. Supported on the Windows XP x64 platform are
connections between SolidWorks 64 bit and COMSOL Multiphysics 64 bit, as
well as between SolidWorks 32 bit and COMSOL Multiphysics 32 bit.

Bidirectional Interface to Autodesk Inventor

The Bidirectional Interface to Autodesk Inventor requires
Autodesk Inventor 2009. It is available on all platforms supported
by Autodesk Inventor 2009.